A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean
by Colnett, James
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as issued
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Book. Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Quarto. xviii + 179 pp. preface, 11 chapters with foldout maps. 8" x 10.2" white leatherette boards, with dark blue backing fr cover and spine, gilt letters in glassine polyster wraps. Title Page continues : for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and Other Objects of Commerce by Ascertaining the Ports, Bays, harbours, amd Anchoring Births, in certain islands and coasts at which the ships of the British Merchants might be Refitted..
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- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008908
- Title
- A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean
- Author
- Colnett, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- Hardcover Reprint
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- bibliotheca Australiana #36 - Exploration - mapping ot the world's oceans - Great Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- GEOGRAPHY & MAPS;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Fine
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- Reprint
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- Title Page
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- Quarto
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